Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Steineded How sad is this?

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

videorama-759-859391 Here's one of those fresh, original films, yet slightly dry, that went well under the radar, but deserves attention. Opening with a bloody opening, not many other bloody parts follow, except for an ugly dead guy rotting away in a pool, where the blood looks like coolay, we follow the misadventures of a loser type guy Zane (tailor made for the role as Joey, a thief, where a dissatisfied, detective (Mcgavin in a great part) is always watching. There are comic hit and misses I found, plus some surprising scenes, sexy Beals, (who's really good here) a used girl with suicidal tendencies, singing for one. Zane of course falls for her, where a dangerous romance ignites, where we meet a collection of dangerous oddball characters, some just oddball, one young dude coming across as David Faustino, who becomes a another victim. These actors all give good performances, James Le Gros, giving us a bit of a laugh, as Beal's last ex. The baddie duo, the fatman and the beefcake, we'll call em', and they do make a cute couple, who kidnap Zane as they think he might know where their bags of heroin of gone. He encounters them a few times throughout the movie, escaping and getting caught again. Take the movie, what you will, depending on your taste, in this offbeat crime comedy, The Dark Backward, another original. The movie is an enthusiastic effort where it's Zane's performance that engages, as a guy who never can really get himself together. You too, don't realize how good looking he was or how much a a good actor he was, especially when watching this.

cypherc If you get a chance to catch this obscure movie, you're in for a treat. What could be more fun than a wannabe criminal (Joey Turks) who is too honest to get beyond petty thief, being chased by a gay hit-man and his fat crime boss (Spuntz), being framed by an aging police detective (Hank Dick) for the murder of a low-life trash talking' drug dealer, and as fate would have it, finding the girl of his dreams and falling in love - all on the same day. Nevermind the run-ins with the wannabe-masochist ex boyfriend and the criminal turned philosopher turned daddy... No, Joey has bigger problems! It seems that someone has stolen the entire supply of a new street drug called libido from H. Spunz who is very unhappy. Spunz thinks Joey took the drugs and Detective Dick thinks Joey will lead him to Spunz. All Joey wants to do is get out of town.This brilliantly-written and superbly cast movie is entertaining from start to finish. The characters are so well conceived that you'll laugh just looking at them. The hit-man (Bart) and ex-boyfriend (Lance) are especially funny. Jennifer Beals (Mona) and Billy Zane (Joey) turn in exceptional performances in their roles. There is a certain sweetness about their fateful meeting and subsequent falling in love amidst the chaos. This movie is great fun - not meant to be taken seriously - entirely enjoyable nonetheless. If you get a chance to rent the video or see it on cable, you're in for a treat!

EasyLivin I've always liked Billy Zane and the parts he plays. Sometimes offbeat, other times erratic, but he always has fun with them. And this tight little flick is no exception. This film reminds me of one of those curious "Indy" movies that comes along every now and then with no particular aim in mind other than to entertain. Granted, the plot has been done before, but it's the characters and the actors portraying them that makes this movie enjoyable. Jennifer Beals looks great, plays her part to perfection, and was surprisingly good singing a haunting rendition of "One Girl In A Million."

JZvezda Found this one during a routine late-night channel-surf. I spied, with my one good eye...Billy Zane: being held at gun-point, while some thong-clad Brian Bosworth clone orders him to remove his pants and then chases him around the dining room table. "Bart" keeps informing Billy Zane that he plans on making a woman out of him <wink-wink> ...if ya' know what I mean. And you expect me to change the channel?You know how you just *have* to watch "BeastMaster" when it comes on, even tho' you know you shouldn't? Well that's the deal with "Blood & Concrete: A Love Story" (full titles here folks!) It's odddly compelling, not unlike "Baywatch", the movie "Showgirls" or string-cheese. Having said that... I have no idea what it was supposed to be about. For no reason I can succesfully elocute, this movie reminded of "Vamp", which also seemingly took place in a strange hybrid of Los Angeles via Manhattan Meat Packing District. So there..I've just compared this movie to "Vamp". That pretty much says it all. I have graciously rated this schlock-fest a '4': -1 point for the smouldering indie-flicker James LeGros-1 point for the gay Boss Hogg drug-dealer who we get to see on the crapper-1 point for Billy Zane's 'House of Style' eyebrows & mostly believeable hairpiece& -1 point for a Brian Bosworth-clone who spends all his screen time running around in tight, white, nothing-to-the-imagination jeans... while he informs every male character of exactly where he intends to hide the pickle.